M1.8 earthquake 52 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 52 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sun, Dec 5, 2021, 3:08 PM AKST (00:08 UTC), 86 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 58 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-06 00:08:24 UTC
- Depth
- 85.6 km (53.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.600° N, 152.712° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 127 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.633 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 74 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.077 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 127 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.861 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 101 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.169 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 125 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.938 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 129 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.823 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.59 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.069 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 124 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.179 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 127 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 103 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.511 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.232 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 176 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.063 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 111 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.140 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 164 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.830 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 75 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.749 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 85 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.169 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.637 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 86 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 103 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.653 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.561 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 95 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.847 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 95 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.250 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 120 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.444 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 121 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.554 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 114 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.965 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 132 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.59 km WNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.558 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 107 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.222 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 125 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.751 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 114 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.652 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 98 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.876 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 81 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.673 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 128 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.723 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.147 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 90 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 132 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.956 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 141 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.949 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 120 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.929 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.848 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 88 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.634 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 65 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.544 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 120 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.566 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.160 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 131 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.622 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 74 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.466 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 104 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.159 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 95 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 103 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.462 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 114 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1753 days ago · 102 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.119 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.757 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 78 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1757 days ago · 130 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.063 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 94 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 3.320 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 151 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.255 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 107 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.566 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 86 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.447 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Kachemak, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.661 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 127 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 82 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.782 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 125 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 105 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.562 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 94 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.523 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.952 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 104 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.646 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 95 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 104 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.778 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
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